Refrigerating container for beer



July 16, 1935.) H. J. BRocKMANN 2,008,171

REFRIGERATING CNTAINER FOR BEER Filed Feb. 16, 1954v Patented July 16, 1935 REFRIGERATING CONTAINER FOR BEER Harry J. Brockmann, Overland, Mo.

Application February 16, 1934, 'Serial No. 711,492

1 Claim.

This invention relates lto a refrigerating container for beer.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved refrigerating container for beer comprising an inner container for the beer having a draught faucet, in combination with a shell enclosing the beer container and separated therefrom by an intervening space into which ice maybe packed, said receptacle having an opening in the top thereof through which ice may be passed into said space and water and other elements withdrawn from said space, means 'through which air may be forced int-o the receptacle under compression to force the beer through the draught faucet, and means whereby a pitch coating for the receptacle may be applied to the inside thereof.

Other objects will appear from the following description, reference being made tothe annexed drawing, in which- Fig. l is a top plan View of my improved container, a part of the closure for the ice inlet opening being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of my improved container.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view approximately on the line Iii-3 of Fig. 2.

`The beer container comprises a cylindrical metallic wall I having a metallic bottom wall 2 and a metallic top wall 3 attached thereto.

This container is mounted within a shell of considerably larger diameter than the diameter of the container and comprising a cylindrical wall 4, a bottom wall 5 and a top wall 6. The lower end of the wall Iseats upon the bottom wall 5 of the shell but the topwall 3 of the container is spaced from the top wall of the shell.

The container is mounted eccentrically within Athe shell, the wall I being against the wall 4 at one side of the shell, thus providing a relatively large space 'l between the shell Wall 4 and the wall I of the beer container.

Registering openings are formed through the contacting portions of the walls I and 4 Aand a tubular fitting E is mounted in said opening and Welded to both of said walls I and 4 so as to pro- Vide a leak-proof joint. A draught faucet 9 of known or conventional construction is screwed into the fitting 3 and opens into the inside of the beer container and is equipped with a conventional valve device Iii, by operation of which the passage to the 'faucet may be opened and closed. This draught faucet opens into the container near the bottom wall 2 thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

A valve device Il, similar to the well known Schroeder tire valve, has its outer end projecting through an opening in the topv wall 6 of the shell and its inner end opening through the top wall 3 of the beer container. This valve device has its outer end portion I2 designed` and adapted to receive the chuck of an air hose,

whereby air may be forced or pumped through` the valve device into the beer container in order to fill the upper portion of the container with compressed air, which will force the beer out through the faucet 9 when the valve operating device It is opened.

, Other registering holes are formed through the contacting portions of the'walls I and 4 and a tubular fitting I3 is mounted in said holes and Welded to said Walls I and 4. This device provides a bung through which a pitch spray device may be extended into the beer container tospray pitch onto the inner surfaces of the Wallsthereof to form a pitch coating and thereby prevent the beer from coming Yinto Contact with the metallic Walls. A bung I 4 is mounted in the fitting I3 and may be withdrawn and replaced, as desired.

A spacer device I5 is mounted in the space 'I between the Walls I and 4 opposite from the connections V8 and I3 so as to cooperate therewith to` Y hold the beer containery in proper relationship to the shell and prevent anyA of the joints from becoming broken. This spacer device I5 does not interfere with the packing of the ice in the space 'l nor the pouring out of the contentsftherefrom.

The top walll S of the shell has an opening, the margin of whichvis in the form of an upwardly extended flange I6. A cap I'I, having a marginal ange I8, constitutes a closure for said opening and has on its inner side arms I9 adapted to be passed through notches 20 in the fiange I6 and then turned and engaged against the inner side of said flange to hold the cap I1 in connection therewith. A handle member 2 I, attached to the cap I'I, constitutes manual means for handling and operating said cap.

It is apparent that the beer container may be filled with beerrby removing the draught faucet I9 and forcing the beer through the fitting I8, thereby compressing the air in the container, so that said compressed air will function to eject the beer therefrom. When the pressure 4of the air becomes reduced beyond the desired degree, additional air may be pumped into the container through the valve device I I. Ice may be packed into the space I through the opening in the top wall 5 and then said opening may be closed t0 prevent the admission of warm air.

Whenever needed, the bung I4 may be removed and a new coat of pitch or the like may be appliedto the inside of thecontainer.

I do not restrictmyself unnecessarily, but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

Ina device Yof the character described, a shell including a cylindrical Wall and top'and bottom Walls attached thereto and cooperating therewith to form an enclosure, a container mounted eccentrically in said shell upon the bottom Wall and against the cylindrical Wall of said shell'and leaving an ice receiving space between said shell and 2n 1 t Y 2,008,171

taching the upper end of saidcontainer to said Y top'wall and forming a passage for admitting air into said container from the outside of said shell,

and a device mounted in said space and engaging said cylindrical Wall and the wall of said container and cooperating withv said elements to holdA 10 said shell and said container in rigid relationship.

' HARRY J. BROCKMANN.

said cylindrical wall, vertically spaced elements 

